Species Paraphellia lineata Haddon & Shackleton, 1893
- Paraphellia lineata Haddon, A.C. & Shackleton, A.M. 1893. Description of some new species of Actiniaria from Torres Straits. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 8(1): 116–131 [130].
Type data:
Status unknown, QLD, Torres Strait, between Orman’s Reef and Gabba Island ("Brothers' Island"), 11-13 m.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine.
Diagnosis
Column slightly higher than broad, height 25 mm, grey and speckled sparcely with pale brown, mesenterial insertions visible as alternate white and yellow lines. Oral disc wider than column, white with fine radial brown lines. Oral third of oral disc may be raised into cone, mouth slit-like on cone, with two pink siphonglyphs. Very short tentacles, about 100, buff with dark core, and opaque rings on upper third, some with translucent red at based, other brown, most with five dark spots on each side. Pedal disc about same diameter as oral disc. Marginal sphincter muscle formed by compact series of elongated and slightly branched muscle cavities which give it a striated appearance.
General References
Fautin, D.G. 2011. Hexacorallians of the World. http://geoportal.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/index.cfm
Haddon, A.C. 1898. The Actiniaria of Torres Straits. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 6(2): 393-520
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2022 | NYNANTHEAE Carlgren, 1899 | 13-Aug-2013 | MOVED | Dr Bronwen Scott |
| 05-Aug-2022 | 28-Feb-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 09-Nov-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 09-Nov-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 28-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 13-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |